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James Bond 007, is a fictional British spy created by writer
Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and
short stories based upon the character and, after his death in
1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley
Amis (pseudonym Robert Markham), John Pearson, John
Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson. In addition,
Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and
other authors have also written various unofficial permutations
of the character.
Although initially made famous through the novels, James Bond is now best known from the EON Productions film
series. Twenty-one films have been made (as of 2006) as well as two that were independently produced and one
American
television adaptation of Flemings first novel under legal licence. The EON films are generally referred to as the
official films (although its origin is unclear, this terminology is used throughout this article). Albert R. (Cubby)
Broccoli and Harry Saltzman produced most of these up until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. From
1995, his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. Wilson, jointly continued production duties.
To date, six actors have portrayed James Bond in the official series. They are:
Sean Connery (1962-67; 1971)
George Lazenby (1969),
Roger Moore (1973-85),
Timothy Dalton (1987-89),
Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002),
Daniel Craig (2006-).
In addition, and generally considered unofficial, Barry Nelson portrayed Bond in an Americanised television episode
adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954. Bob Holness portrayed James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of
Moonraker in 1956. David Niven played the role of James Bond in a non-EON production of Casino Royale in 1967,
and Connery reprised the character in another non-EON film, Never Say Never Again in 1983.
The twenty-first official film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, is in post-production and the World
premiere is scheduled for 14 November 2006, with the film going on general release in Asia and the Middle East the
following day.[1] [2]
Broccolis family company, Danjaq, LLC, has co-owned the James Bond film series with United Artists Corporation
since the mid-1970s, when Saltzman sold UA his share of Danjaq. Currently, Columbia Pictures and MGM (United
Artists parent) co-distribute the franchise.
In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and
comic books, and has been the subject of many parodies.
Contents
1 Overview
1.1 Ian Flemings creation and inspiration
1.2 The franchise
2 Novels
3 Films
3.1 Eon Films
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3.2 Non-Eon Films
3.3 James Bonds influence on movies and television
4 Music
5 Video games
6 Comic strips and comic books
7 Bond characters
8 Vehicles and gadgets
9 Trivia
10 References
11 See also
12 External links
Overview
Ian Flemings creation and inspiration
Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is an agent of the British Secret
Intelligence Service (SIS) (more commonly known as MI6). He was
created in February 1952 by Ian Fleming while on vacation at his Jamaican
estate called Goldeneye. The hero of Flemings tale, James Bond, was named after an American ornithologist of the
same name who was an expert on Caribbean birds and had written a definitive book on the subject: Birds of the West
Indies. Fleming was inspired by a real spy – DuÑ™an Popov, a Serb double agent for both the British and Germans, who
was also known as a bit of a “playboy”. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, owned a copy of Bonds field guide at
Goldeneye. Of the name, Fleming once said,
“I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, James Bond was much better than something
more interesting like Peregrine Maltravers. Exotic things would happen to and around him but he would be a neutral
figure — an anonymous blunt instrument wielded by a Government Department.[3]
After completing the manuscript for what would later be titled Casino Royale, Fleming allowed his friend William
Plomer, a poet and later Flemings editor, to read it. Plomer liked it enough that he gave the manuscript to Jonathan